Playoffs!

ECS finished the regular football season 7-3, with 1 region loss to SBEC.  They ended the season in a 3-way tie for first place, but based on the tiebreaker, ended up in third.  For the first round of the playoffs, we traveled to Nashville to play an old rival.  Without getting into the details, I'll just say this - this was a big game for us (and especially Ryan) to win.  Mom, Dad, Meredith & Ben came in for the game and Gary was there too.  Annie's mom kept the kids for me so I could enjoy the game.  It was such a fun game.  The defense was awesome - the first string defense gave up approximately 100 yards (which is really good for all of you who don't know much about football).  I won't say here what I really thought about some aspects of this game but suffice it to say, I am so proud of Ryan - for the man he is, the coach he is, and the character he displays on the field.  

Ryan's fan club

Me doing a "take that" move :)

Our friends Bobby& Kat

The next week, we played USJ and lost in double over time.  We beat them in a close game during the regular season, so knew it was going to be tough.  A few of our players had an "off" night.  The defense started slow, but held them to only 3 points in the second half.  Unfortunately, those 3 points came in the last seconds of the game and sent us into overtime.

It was a tough end to the season, but every season has to come to an end at some point, and this one just ended a little earlier than we would have liked.  We are thankful for our friends on the coaching staff and for the ECS community welcoming us so warmly this season.  The countdown to kick off vs. St. George in 2012 is already on....